Professor

Prof. hyotcherl ihee

E-mail : hyotcherl.ihee@kaist.ac.kr 

Address 

Dept. Chemistry, KAIST

291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea 

Tel : +82-42-350-2844 

Fax : +82-42-350-2810 

Professor Hyotcherl Ihee has been widely recognized as a distinguished scientist and a prominent leader in the field of time-resolved X-ray solution scattering and time-resolved optical spectroscopy. His research is focused on understanding the structural dynamics of a wide range of molecules covering small molecules to proteins using time-resolved X-ray liquidography (or solution scattering), time-resolved X-ray crystallography and time-resolved optical spectroscopy. In particular, he has made significant contributions to the establishment of time-resolved X-ray liquidography, which is a state-of-the-art method for visualizing the three-dimensional molecular structures of the reaction intermediates in the liquid and solution phases. Using the technique, he has elucidated the structural dynamics and mechanisms of various haloalkanes, photocatalysts, and proteins. Also, Professor Ihee has revealed the relationships of catalyst-substrate association for diverse metathesis Mo and Ru catalysts using time-dependent fluorescence quenching spectroscopy.

Professor Ihee is a recipient of Kyung-Am Academic Award (2016), Myung Soo Kim Academic Excellence Award (2015), Morino lectureship award (2011), and Young Scientist Award (2006). He is currently on Editorial Advisory Board of Acc. Chem. Res., Int. J. Mol. Sci. and Struct. Dyn., and served as an editorial board member of the ChemPhysChem from 2011 to 2014.

Education

2001  Ph.D.       California Institute of Technology (Graduate Advisor: Professor Ahmed H. Zewail, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1999) 

1994  B.S.          Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) 


Experience 

2009–present     Professor, Department of Chemistry, KAIST 

2006–2009          Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, KAIST 

2003–2006          Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, KAIST

2021–present     Director, Center for Advanced Reaction Dynamics (Institute for Basic Science)

2015–2021          Associate Director, Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions (Institute for Basic Science) 

2012–2015          Group Leader, Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions (Institute for Basic Science) 

2007–2012          Director, Center for Time-Resolved Diffraction (National Creative Research Initiatives by MOST/KOSEF)

2002–2003          Damon Runyon Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellow (University of Chicago) (Advisor: Prof. Keith Moffat)

2001                    Postdoctoral Fellow (California Institute of Technology)

Awards and Honors 

2023     KAIST Research Excellence Award (학술대상)

2021     62nd 3.1 Cultural Award (삼일 문화상) by 3.1 Cultural Foundation (삼일문화재단)

2020                   심계과학상 (한국방사광이용자협회)  

2020                   한만정 학술상 (대한화학회)

2018                   KAIST Teaching Excellence Award (우수강의상)  

2016                   Kyung-Am Academic Award (경암학술상)

2016                   KAIST Teaching Excellence Award (우수강의상)

2016                   KAISTian of the year 2015 (올해의 카이스트인상) 

2015                   Myung Soo Kim Academic Excellence Award (김명수 학술상) by Korean Chemical Society (대한화학회) 

2014                   KAIST 10 Best Research Achievements in 2013 (KAIST 2013 대표연구성과10선)  

2013                   Dong-A Ilbo 100 people (동아일보 10년 뒤 한국을 빛낼 100인 선정)  (Hall of Fame 명예의 전당 3회 선정)               

2011                   Morino Lectureship Award 

2011                   Dong-A Ilbo 100 people (동아일보 10년 뒤 한국을 빛낼 100인 선정) 

2010                   Dong-A Ilbo 100 people (동아일보 10년 뒤 한국을 빛낼 100인 선정) 

2010                   KAIST Teaching Excellence Award (우수강의상)  

2009                   KAIST Teaching Excellence Award 

2009                   Lectureship Award from Chemical Society of Japan

2009                   2009년 교육과학기술부 대표우수연구성과 인증패 (60 선 선정) 

2009                   2009년 국가개발 우수성과패 (100 선 선정)

2008                   Best Oral Paper at 10th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences 

2008                   KAIST Teaching Excellence Award (우수강의상)  

2006                   KAIST Academic Excellence Award (카이스트 학술상)  

2006                   16th KOFST Best Paper Award 

2006                   10th Young Scientist Award 젊은과학자상 (MOST / KIAS)  

2006                   Best Lecturer Award (KAIST Chemistry Department) 

2002–2003         Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fellow 

1994                   Graduated with highest honors from KAIST 


Editorial Advisory Board & Chairs & Organizers & Sponsors 

2020–present    Editorial Advisory Board Member of Struct. Dyn.

2018–present    Associate Editor of Int. J. Mol. Sci.

2016–present    Editorial Advisory Board Member of Acc. Chem. Res.

2011–2014         Editorial Advisory Board Member of ChemPhysChem 

2008–2011         LCLS User Organization Executive Committee Member (3-year term)

2009                   Coordinator of Korean side for 13th East Asian Workshop on Chemical Reactions 

2009                   Local Organizing Committee Member of 2nd Asian Spectroscopy Conference 

2009                   Sponsor of 2nd Asian Spectroscopy Conference 

2009                   Organizer of International Symposium on Molecular Biophysics and Interfaces 

2009                   Session chair of International Symposium on Molecular Biophysics and Interfaces

2008                   Co-chair at KIOST International Workshop 2008, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2008                    Organizer of 2008 Asian-core Symposium, Daejeon, Korea 

2007                   Sponsor at 2007 Korea-Japan Symposium on Frontier Photoscience, Daegu, Korea 

2007                   Organizing committee at the 12th Korea-Japan Joint Symposium on Frontiers of Molecular Science, Jeju, Korea 

2006                   Co-chair at a symposium at SRI (Synchrotron Radiation Instruments), Daegu, Korea